Shadow Slave

Usually, it would have taken Kai a lot longer to fly across the city to reach the tranquil terrace district… not that he would have. But today, the famous idol neglected his habit of staying low and out of sight. It seemed that his speed increased tremendously, as well, because ten minutes later, he was already at Sunny's door.

Maybe because of that, there was no crowd of paparazzi following him.

As they waited for Cassie, Effie rummaged through the empty refrigerator, then walked away from it with a disappointed sigh.

"There's no food!"

Sunny, who was evaluating the damage the boisterous huntress had done to the guest bedroom, glanced at her darkly.

"We've been gone for months. What did you expect?"

Effie made a sad face, then shrugged.

"But I'm hungry!"

Sunny let out an exasperated breath.

"...I have some synthpaste, if you want."

She shuddered and opened her mouth to retort, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. If not for the haughty shadow standing guard outside — reluctantly, of course, since mundane tasks such as this were grossly beneath it — Sunny would have tensed up.

However, he already knew that it was Cassie.

The blind girl walked inside, froze for a moment, then raised a deliciously smelling package.

"...I brought food."

glance

Someone has some

at

after becoming a Master, his looks assumed an almost hypnotizing quality. It was easy to get distracted if one stared

bit, Sunny couldn't help but shake his head ruefully, a stunned expression on his face. He finally understood why Master Jet had called herself average when they first met, at least as far as

average in one sentence with someone like her. Jet possessed an intangible quality that no one he had

And Sunny himself?

boy, as Soul Reaper had once predicted, but even he couldn't call himself unassuming anymore.

only to Sunny himself, golden threads of Weaver's forbidden legacy glowed with

around the table and shared a silent

none of the four seemed too joyous… well, except for Effie, who couldn't stop grinning and stealing glances at

other free, however, just felt…

their souls cut. Now that the danger had passed and the members of the cohort were back in the real world, all those invisible scars

of the Red Colosseum, the nightmares, the assault on the Ivory City… all of it was slowly coming back to haunt

had their share of demons

poured himself a cup of tea, looked

what happened? I don't remember

her fork and stared at the

You were

Kai smiled with embarrassment:

not really. I just, sort of… jumped into his mouth. Because I

Effie blinked a few times, but didn't say anything. She even forgot about her food for a

looked down,

for my deception because he had assumed that I would not trust anyone with the knives, I think. After you killed the dragon, there was no real reason

grew quiet for a few moments, and then